The developmental costs of high self-esteem for antisocial children

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1627-1639

  Menon, Madhavi ^a   Tobin, Desiree D ^a   Corby, Brooke C ^b   Menon, Meenakshi ^a   Hodges, Ernest V E ^c   Perry, David G ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYNN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHARACTER; CHILD; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RATIONALIZATION; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 35748950984     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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